That Damn Weasley Charm II G.W

Part 5, Chapter 18- Mistletoe and Arthur Weasley... But not like that

"Come home with me for Christmas," George says to me in the library, a week before winter holidays.

I roll my eyes and flip the page in my Dark Arts textbook. "Yeah? And how would that work?"

George closes his textbook and looks at me, I peer over the top of my book at him. "Tell your aunt and uncle that you have to stay here for the holidays, then come with us home. No one will have to know."

I snort and look back to my book, "Right and Draco wouldn't say anything at all. He'd see me on the platform and tell Aunt Narcissa and Uncle Lucius what's happening."

George reaches across the desk and pulls my book down, forcing me to look at him. "We could try?"

"I dunno how this Mark even works G, for all I know the Dark Lord can track where I am with it and he'll know and send people to come kill me and your family. I don't think that's something that you would want." I go to take my book from him but he snatches it away from me and puts it behind him on his chair.

"Well, I don't want you back there with them. It's not good for you."

I look at him and smile, "Thank you for caring about me, but I'd rather risk my life than put your family in danger."

"Oh so now we're risking lives are we?" George laughs but I don't.

"Snapes a Death Eater and he knows that I've got the Mark. Who's to say that he hasn't told the Dark Lord that I've been hanging around with you, Fred, and Lee hmm? Might be that as soon as Draco and I get home they kill us both."

"Hey... don't joke about stuff like that."

"Who said I was joking? Look, Georgie, I haven't heard from anyone all year. Not one letter from anyone outside of Hogwarts. I have no idea what I'm going home to. It might be great and the Dark Lord had a heart attack and died and it's all over the newspapers or he might have killed my aunt and uncle. I love you too much to risk seeing you over the holidays."

George shakes his head and smiles at the ground, "What if I apparate and come to you?"

Instantly my body starts to panic at the idea, "Don't you even fucking think about that George. The Dark Lord would kill you! The Dark Lord would make me kill you!"

George puts his hands up in defeat, "Alright okay I'm sorry. It was just an idea."

"A shit stupid idea."

George winks, "When have I had a smart idea?"

After dinner, George heads off to do joke shop stuff with Fred and I head back to my common room where Draco is waiting for me. "We're going on a walk." He grabs my arm and pulls me right back out of the common room.

"What's up?" I ask him.

Draco keeps walking until we reach a classroom. He knocks a few times and walks in when no one answers. He closes the door behind him and spins around, "Hogwarts spawns mistletoe during December." He says all in one breath.

I nod, its common knowledge that the castle is full of little tricks. Especially the mistletoe thing. When two people who fancy each other are talking alone in one of the corridors, Hogwarts tries to lend a helping hand and spawns mistletoe above their heads. Happens to George and I all the time. It only happens in December though.

"Yeah, happens to George and I all the time, my lips are always chapped during the winter because of it."

Draco shutters, "Ew. I didn't need to know that."